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Images of the envelope of Alpha Orionis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Jeremy C. Hebden
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721, USA
E. Keith Hege
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721, USA
Andreas Eckart
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721, USA

Abstract

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Two images have been obtained, from observations made almost two years apart, of the H-alpha chromospheric envelope of Alpha Orionis at the diffraction limited resolution of the co-phased Multiple Mirror Telescope. Significant emission out to a distance of several stellar radii above the photosphere is observed.

Type
Stellar Coronae: Chromospheres of Cool Stars
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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